Conveying or supplying mechanism.



G. WWE. CONVEYING 0R SUPPLYING MECHANISM.

l APPLICATION FjLEn J'uLY 19.1913. K 'gwsl mmm may 21, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

` pended claims.

GEORGE WHITE, OF JERSEY CTY, NEW JERSEY, ASSLGNR 'ltl 01E JERSEY CITY, ltllllli CONVEYNG- @lit SUPPILYNG '.lldlECHihihlSlll.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that ll, GEORGE" Wiarrn, a

.c citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson 5 and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulgllmprovements in Conveyin or Supplying Mechanisms, of which the fo lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to conveying mechal@ nisms, and has for its object to provide a mechanism of this character particularly adapted to carry confections or candies, or any other goods which it may be desired to provide with a coating or ornamentation, to the machine employed for applying such coating or ornamentation. Y .A specific example of my invention will now bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will then be pointed out in the apln the said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved mechanism, with parts broken away; and Fig. 2 shows on an enlarged scale, and in a slightly different position, the parts appearing at the right-hand portion of Fig. l.

The candies or other articles to be coated- (hereinafter referred to` under the enerlc term of cores) are placed in a box aving an inclined bottom 20, vertical side walls 21, and a transverse front wall 22 which terminates a short distance above the forward end of the bottom 20. 'llhus a throat or outlet is formed through which the cores may pass kout of the box or container. Forward y convergin guide pieces 23 are preferably located adjjace'nt to the side Walls 21,

to assist in directing lthe goods to the outlet. The bottom 20 is preferably made with slots 24 disposed obliquely as shown, or otherwise, theseslots being for the escape of dust, surplus sugar, or any other material which should not reach the coating machine with the cores. The box is shown without any rear wall,v or top wall, but of courseA 1t may be'constructed in other ways. Immediatel adjacent to the front edge yof/the incline 4bottom 20 is an inclined feed board 25, preferably of a steeper inclination than the bottom 20. This feed board, which is suitably secured to the frame of the machine, andy referablyv in such a manner as tobe .readi y removed, is provided with .al tt series of upwardly extending vertical longi- Speciilcation o Lettera l'atent.

Application led July 19, 1913.

latented ltllay serial. no. troneo.

tudinal partitions or guides 26 forming inback any core whose height exceeds thc proper dimension. 'lhe front' portieri-22 of this wall extends above the upper part ofv the feed board 25, and has certain functions set Vforth hereinafter. rl`he wall 22 is preferably adjustable vertically for the purpose of adjusting the height of the throat or outlet, the well-lniown slot-and-setscrew, adgustment being suggested at 27. .tshalring motion is preferably given to the bottom 20, which may be accomplised as follows: W ith the front part of said bottom, which is made of sheet-metal or other material sufficiently flexible for the purpose, is connected pivot ally a link 28, the'lower end of which has `a like connection at 29 with a reciting piece 31d fulcrumed at 3l and provided 'with a tooth Any approved mechanism (not shown) is employed for giving a suitable motion to the titl chains 36, generally an intermittent ino-tion in one direction. Whenever the chains 36 move, the ratchet wheels 33, through the medium of the rocking ieces 30 Aandthe linlt 28, will impart a vildrating motion to the bottom 20, this bottom being flerrihle stated. above, and being secured to the fr'ifie of the machine at its rear end, as hy m of screws 56, so that practically the ent bottom 2O move up and down dn the vibrating motion. t strengthening or bar 20 may be secured to the 'und of the bottom 20 at its forward. portionn Each of the chains is connected suitable intervals with cross bars d? an ranged to travel over a table 53 on which. the cores .drop from the feed board 25. rlhe lower end of the feed board is a suilicient distance from. said table 53 to allow the cross bars 57 and their projections, referird to hereinafter, to pass freely. The f i edge of each cross bar di n toothed, as shown in lTig. il, L. notches being in longitodinel aline lil@ .60 extending transversely one of the feed-board passages formed by the 'partitions 26. The cross bars 57 therefore will not only feed the cores toward the left on the table 58, but will also ire-arrange or re-aline sch cores perfectly.

The transfer of the cores from the feed board 25 to the table 58 is controlled by the following mechanism: A. rotary brush or a series of brushes 59, is mounted on a shaft of the machine, the brushes being partly above the forward or lower, end of the plate or forward wall portion 22, and partly above the lower end of the feed board, which latter, as described above, projects beyond the plate 22. At the lower end of the plate 22 V-shaped partitions 61 are projected upwardly in such a position as to compress or bunch the brush bristles' (see Fig. l) in line with the longitudinal passages formed b ,the partitions 26. The forward end of t e plate 22 has Athe function of holdin back the bristles, as shown in Fig. 2, thus orming pockets within the several brushes 59, to receive and temorarily detain the individual cores sliding Idown in said assages. The V-shaped partitions 61 will prevent the bristles from spreading laterally as they are held back by the lower edge of the plate 22. The brush shaft 60 carries a ratchet wheel 62, coperating with a retaining pawl 63 which prevents the said shaft from turning in one direction, and also coperating with a springpressed feed pawl 64@ which is pivoted at 65 to an arm 66 mounted loosely on said shaft 60. At 67, the arm 66 is connected pivotally with a link 68, the other end of which has a like connection at 69 'with a rocking lever 70'fulcrumed at 71. A sprino 72 tends to pull the arm or lever 70 and the parts connected therewith, out of the position shown in Fig. 2 and against a suitable stop 73. The lower end of the lever 70 is adapted to be engaged periodically by projections 57 formed on or connected with, the cross bars 57, so that the lever will /be' swung to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby giving a partial rotation to the brushes 59, and allowing the row of cores contained in the brush pockets to slide down onto the table 58,

this transfer of the cores being assisted by4 the positivev action of the rear bristles as they are released from the plate 22 and sweep forward to renewed engagement with the forward bristles, thus forcibly ejecting any cores that should happen to stick to the feed board 25. As soon as the lever 70 clears theprojection 57 operating it, (Fig. 2), the spring 72 will restore the brushactuating mechanism to its other position' (Fig. 1,) but the pawl 63 will keep the brushes stationary during this return movement. The connection 69 may be adjustable towardand from the center or fulcrune 7l of the lever 70, as by means of the radial tom 1 toward the outlet recense to ll all the notches of a cross bar 57. Such" eXtra or surplusage cores would naturally stay in front of the row of cores held in the notches of the bar 57, the position of said row being indicated at 74 in Fig. 2. order to eject such surplusage cores, a trap door 75, pivoted at 76 and pressed upward by a spring 77, may be' located in the table 58, at a suitable distance in advance of the feed board 25. This trap door is made withupwardly extending lugs 7 8 provided with laterally extending pins 79 located in the path of projections 80 connected with the bars 57 and preceding them. As shown in fFig. 2, at the proper time the projections or pins 80 will engage the open the trap door to discharge any cores w ich are in advance of the row' 741. Immo diately thereafter, as the pins clear the pins 79, the door 75 will iiy upward and close the opening in door will virtually form a part of the table. allowing the row of cores 711- to proceed over the closed door 75 to the forward portion of the table 58. It will be understood, bowever, that this trap door arrangement is not continuous tab preferred.

rlhe cores being advanced intermittently in rows, as described, will finally be passed from the table 58 to any suitable transfer device (not shown), to bring the articlesto an apparatus where they will receive further treatment, say a coating machine.

The operation will be understood without further detailed description. The articles are placed in the box 'at the right-hand end of the machine, and the vibration of the bottom 20 will not only cause any powdery foreign matter to drop through the slots 24, but will also cause the cores to arrange them selves and to move down the inclined botcontrolled by the transverse wall or gate 22. The coros then slide on the feed board 25, 22, through the. individual passages formed by the partitions `26, and one core in each passage reaches the pocket formed in the corresponding brush 59 by the action of the plate 22 and of the partitions 6]. it the next operation of the brushes, the row of cores is discharged onto the table 58; any surplus cores dLevelingl in advance of lhe row will be dischare d through the trap U r door 7e as the row 'ifi is :aivanccd nn'ernn le 58 may be employed if preferably approximately equal to linv pins 7S) and thusl the table 58 so that said 3 under the plato iaearaa tently by the bars 5l' carried by the chains 3b. el stationary plate 123 serves to prevent the upper runs of the chains from being deflected. upward at the time the trap door is operated. |The bars 57 carry the row of cores to any suitable transfer mechanism, as mentioned above.

The machineimaybe adapted to cores of different height by adjusting the front wall or gate 22 and with it the plate 22', up or down. 'lhe machine may also be adjusted to receive did'erent numbers of cores, or cores of diiferent Widths," for which purpose it will be simplest to substitute a plate 22 having a different spacing of the projections 6l, a feed board 25 having its partitions 26 spaced correspondingly, another set of brushes 59, and another set of cross bars 57. fill Athese parts are readily removable and exchangeable for this purpose. lin some cases, however, it may be desired to tem-` porarily employ the machine for cores of a smaller width than the normal, and in such cases li may employ the expedient suggested in 2, which does away with the neces- .j sity of taking out parts of the machine.

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' lll-shaped members 115 may be slipped from the box containing the articles, over the partitions 26, so as to reduce the width of the individual passages to properly guide cores of less than normal Width, that is to say, of a width smaller than that for which the spacing of the partitions 26 has been designed.

Various modifications may be yminle without departing from the nature of my invention. as set forth in the appended claims.

ll claim as my invention:

l. rllhe combination of a box having an inclined bottom, a feed board at the lower end of said bottom, means for controlling the passage of articles from said box to the feed board and mechanism for vibrating said bottom. l j

9;. ln a feed mechanism, a box having an outlet, a feed board adjacent to said outlet, a 'table for receiving the articles which Ahave passed from the box over the feed board, means for arresting the articles as they pass over the feed board and arranging theml in rows, and thenreleasing them, and means for advancing said articles along the table.

3. .l ae combination of aff box having a transverse outlet,'a feed member adapted to receive the articles passing through said outlet, brushes adjacent to said feed member, and nien-ns for forming pockets Iin the brushes to temporarily hold the Yarticles,and for moving the brushes to expel-such articles.

el. The combination of a-.ben having an outlet, a board adjacent to said 4outa plate extending over said feed board, brushes adapted to engage said plate seme of the bristles will feed board, cross bars arranged to movee held bach rm peclrets for the reception of articles j lill passing through said outlet, and means for actuating said brushes.

5. The combination of a box having an outlet, a feed board adjacent to said outlet,

a plate extending over said feed board, W

rotary brushes adapted to engage said plate so that some of the bristleswill be held back to form pockets for thereception of articles passing through said outlet, and partitions' projecting from said plate and adapted to im confine or bunch the bristles held back by said plate.

6. rllhe combination of a box having an outlet, a feed board adjacent to'said'outlet,

a series of rotary brushes arranged adjacent m to said feed board, and ll-shaped partitions for launching-the brush bristles, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a box having an outlet, a feed board arranged to receive the articles passing through the outlet of said box, a ser-ies of brushes mounted to rotate above the feed board about a transversely disposed axis, a plate arranged above the feed board and adapted t6 hold back some wm of the bristles to form pockets for the reception of the articles movin overY said feed board, and ll-shaped partitions extend ing upwardly from said plate to confine or bunch the bristles thus held back. 8. 'lhe combination of a box havingan outlet, a table adjacent to said box, a feed board for guiding articles from said outlet to said table, rotary brushes adjacent to said over said table and to feed the articles lengthwise thereof, and means, operated by the movement of said cross bars, for actuating said brushes.

llflllll 9. ln a feed mechanism, a table, a feed m5 board for guiding articles to said table, rotary brushes arranged adjacent to said feed board to engage the articles thereon, propelling means, movable relatively to the table, to engage the articles thereon and feed. 1m

them lengthwise of the table, and means,

operated by the movement of the said -propelling means, for actuating said brushes.

10. ln a feed mechanism, a table, a feed board for guiding articles to said table, M15

means for forming in conjunction with said I feed board, a series of passages lying side by side, and propelling bars, extending transversely over the table and movable lengthwise thereof to feed the articles on 12a saidtable, said bars being provided with notches correspondin to the position of said passages and adapte to aline and space the articles transversely.

. ll. lna feed mechanism, a table, a feed 125 board for guiding articles to-fsaid table, rotary brushes arranged adjacent to said feed board to engage the articles thereon, propelling means, movable relatively to said table, te engage the articles thereon and feed aan movement of th them lengthwise of the table, and mechanism, operated by the vmovement of said propelling means,for actuating,- said brushes,

saidimechanism including an adjustable connection whereby the movement of the brushes may be varied in extent While the propelling means remains unaltered. 12in' e* feedmechanism, a table, 'a feed boardifor guiding longitudinal partitions extending upwardly from said feed `looercl andforming in conaiticles to said table,

Leeeee junction therewith, a series of passages lying .side by side, U-sheped members adepted to be slipped over seid partitions to reduce the Width of said passages, and means for feeding the articles.

n testimony whereof, I have signed this epecication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE VVH'ITE. 'Witnessesz M. L. NIMMO,

M. 4MARTIN. 

